Subject: Norway & Denmark
Period: 1697 (published)
Publication: Histoire du regne de Charles Gustave, roy de Suede
Color: Black & White
Size:
15 x 11.7 inches
38.1 x 29.7 cm
The first is a beautiful, early impression on which the ink stands proud on the paper. It is a birds-eye view of the area with a plan of Trondheim. The ships in the harbor are bombarding the town and the surrounding countryside is finely engraved to simulate three dimensions. Very decorative naval and military-themed title cartouche and picture frame-style border. The second is a fine plan of the fortifications of Copenhagen in 1658-60 during the Swedish siege of the city. This engraving includes a second view from outside the fort that fills the bottom portion of the sheet. Decorative title cartouche with odd little military putti and the same picture frame-style border. Both were published in the work of Baron Samuel von Pufendorf.
References:
Condition: A
Both are near fine with full margins. The first has a spectacular impression. The second has two small pieces of mounting tape along top margin, very far from map image.